We now have a kit supplier in Russia, in Irkutsk, near to Lake Baikal in Siberia. The supplier is Boat-Kits Russia and is owned by 39 year old Peter Tatarinov. Initially he is offering plywood kits for our dinghies, the Dixi Dinghy, Argie 10, Argie 15 and Paper Jet. Later he will expand into our small to medium size plywood keelboats as well.
Peter has a shop fitting company with CNC equipment, has some dinghy sailing experience and is currently building a small boat. He has decided to expand the use of his CNC equipment to offer boat kits in addition to the furniture. We have sold plans for many boats to builders in the Irkutsk and Lake Baikal areas, so there seems to be a vibrant boatbuilding community there.
Kits can be ordered directly from Boat-Kits Russia or from our Russian Agent Andrey Popovich in Vladivostok, through his website http://www.chava.ru/.
Peter also has CNC equipment to cut metal, so he would be able to cut kits for our metal designs as well if needed.
See our full range of designs at http://dixdesign.com/
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